Mandatory Vote Count Audit 2006

1 Mandatory Post -Election V ote C ount A udit2 A S hort Le gislative & A dministrative P roposal3 D ecember 20, 200845 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------678 General D escription:9 Voters, candidates, citizens a nd e lection offi cials w ant hi gh c onfidence i n t he i ntegrity of t he 10 election proc ess by s ubjecting e lectronic vot e c ounts t o i ndependent ha nd-c ounted pos t-11 election a udits t hat w ould fi nd e rror w hether a ccidental or i ntentional; a nd w ould de ter fra ud, 12 and by m aking re ports a vailable w ith w hich t o e valuate ra tes of vot er t urnout, vot ing 13 equipment a llocation, unde r-vot es, ove r-vot es, spoiled ba llots, vot ing e quipment fa ilure, 14 absentee ba llots, unc ounted ba llots, and provi sional ba llots provi de for c ontinuous 15 improvement i n e lections proc edures. T his bi ll re quires rout ine i ndependent a udits of vot e 16 count a ccuracy a nd re quires t he re lease t o vot e c ount a uditors of re cords a nd i nformation 17 necessary t o ve rify t he i ntegrity of t he vot e c ount a udits a nd t o e valuate vot er s ervice l evels.181920 Amend e xisting s tatute to e xtend th e c anvass p eriod to 28 d ays. [Note: T he c anvass pe riod 21 between E lection D ay and c ertification of e lection r esults s hould be 28 day s t o al low am ple t ime f or c onducting 22 vote c ount audi ts pr ior t o c ertifying t ...